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Released August 19, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The developer of the Texas Coastal LNG project said it would study an electrochemical process for carbon sequestration that could lower the plant's emissions with less energy.
Developer Coastal Bend (Houston, Texas) said Monday it started a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with Solvanic to explore electrochemically mediated amine regeneration (EMAR) technology for carbon sequestration.
"This innovative approach reduces the energy requirements and capital costs for carbon capture, and enables much greater flexibility across operating conditions and process scales," Coastal Bend said.
"To deliver on our ambitious low-carbon intensity LNG goals, we need to capture carbon dioxide emissions from both our natural gas pretreatment and cogeneration facilities," said Nick Flores, the chief executive officer of Coastal Bend LNG.
Now in the early planning stage, Coastal Bend's liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects would be located in Ingleside, Texas. Industrial Info currently assesses the related projects as having a low probability (0-69%) of moving forward as planned. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Production Project and Plant databases can click here for a list of detailed project reports and click here for the plant profile.
The Gulf Coast is getting crowded with plants that can draw on inland shale basins for feedstock for LNG exports. With the U.S. already the world leader in LNG exports by the time he returned to office, President Donald Trump is pressing for more.
An early-year report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) found the global LNG supply chain accounted for about 350 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions each year, with about 70% of that in the form of carbon dioxide. Elsewhere, the IEA said utilizing the stored carbon could be more efficient in terms of a circular economy, while powering export facilities with low-emission resources could go even further in reducing a plant's environmental footprint.
Coastal Bend is not alone in pursuing a low-carbon footprint for LNG deliveries. Venture Global (Arlington, Virginia), among the larger LNG exporters in the U.S., has said that all of its facilities for super-chilled gas would be complemented by carbon, capture and sequestration (CCS) technology.
GMI subscribers can view a corporate profile of Venture Global here.
Low-carbon LNG could find a home in the European Union, where regulators have expressed concern about life-cycle emissions.
Coastal Bend would be a five-train facility with an export capacity of 22.5 million metric tons per year. If fully sanctioned, it could be in service by March 2031.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
Developer Coastal Bend (Houston, Texas) said Monday it started a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study with Solvanic to explore electrochemically mediated amine regeneration (EMAR) technology for carbon sequestration.
"This innovative approach reduces the energy requirements and capital costs for carbon capture, and enables much greater flexibility across operating conditions and process scales," Coastal Bend said.
"To deliver on our ambitious low-carbon intensity LNG goals, we need to capture carbon dioxide emissions from both our natural gas pretreatment and cogeneration facilities," said Nick Flores, the chief executive officer of Coastal Bend LNG.
Now in the early planning stage, Coastal Bend's liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects would be located in Ingleside, Texas. Industrial Info currently assesses the related projects as having a low probability (0-69%) of moving forward as planned. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Production Project and Plant databases can click here for a list of detailed project reports and click here for the plant profile.
The Gulf Coast is getting crowded with plants that can draw on inland shale basins for feedstock for LNG exports. With the U.S. already the world leader in LNG exports by the time he returned to office, President Donald Trump is pressing for more.
An early-year report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) found the global LNG supply chain accounted for about 350 million tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions each year, with about 70% of that in the form of carbon dioxide. Elsewhere, the IEA said utilizing the stored carbon could be more efficient in terms of a circular economy, while powering export facilities with low-emission resources could go even further in reducing a plant's environmental footprint.
Coastal Bend is not alone in pursuing a low-carbon footprint for LNG deliveries. Venture Global (Arlington, Virginia), among the larger LNG exporters in the U.S., has said that all of its facilities for super-chilled gas would be complemented by carbon, capture and sequestration (CCS) technology.
GMI subscribers can view a corporate profile of Venture Global here.
Low-carbon LNG could find a home in the European Union, where regulators have expressed concern about life-cycle emissions.
Coastal Bend would be a five-train facility with an export capacity of 22.5 million metric tons per year. If fully sanctioned, it could be in service by March 2031.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
